Thursday’s Mystery eBooks
Boy’s Life
by Robert McCammon
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.7 #ad
A bizarre murder in an idyllic southern town propels a boy and his father into a world of evil in this World Fantasy Award–winning horror novel.
Small town boys see weird sights, and Zephyr has provided Cory Jay Mackenson with his fair share of oddities. He knows the bootleggers who lurk in the dark places outside of town. On moonless nights, he’s heard spirits congregate in the churchyard to reminisce about the good old days. He’s seen rain that flooded Main Street and left it crawling with snakes. Cory knows magic, and relishes it as only a young boy can…
The Way of the Bear
by Anne Hillerman
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.4 #ad
Fossil harvesting, ancient lore, greed, rejected love and murder combine in this gripping new installment of New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman’s Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series.
An unexpected death on a lonely road outside of Utah’s Bears Ears National Monument raises questions for Navajo Tribal Police officers Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito. Why would a seasoned outdoorsman and well-known paleontologist freeze to death within walking distance of his car? A second death brings more turmoil. Who is the unidentified man killed during a home invasion where nothing much seems to have been taken? Why was he murdered?
Boys Who Hurt
by Eva Björg Ægisdóttir
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.3 #ad
Fresh from maternity leave, Detective Elma finds herself confronted with a complex case, when a man is found murdered in a holiday cottage in the depths of the Icelandic countryside – the victim of a frenzied knife attack, with a shocking message scrawled on the wall above him.
At home with their baby daughter, Savar is finding it hard to let go of work, until the chance discovery in a discarded box provides him with a distraction. Could the diary of a young boy, detailing the events of a long-ago summer have a bearing on Elma’s case?
Betrayal
by Fern Michaels
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
In Fern Michaels’ dazzling new novel, a woman devastated by betrayal embarks on a daring quest for justice.
She Lost Everything . . . Kate and Alex Rocket are blessed with a wonderful marriage and a lovely home. Although Kate can’t have children, she and Alex look upon Sara and Emily, daughters of their good friends Don and Debbie Winter, as part of their family.
Except Hope . . .
Panacea
by F. Paul Wilson
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
Two secret societies vie for control of the ultimate medical miracle in a thriller from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Hidden series.
Medical examiner Laura Fanning has two charred corpses and no answers. Both bear a mysterious tattoo but exhibit no known cause of death. Their only connection to one another is a string of puzzling miracle cures. Her preliminary investigation points to a cult in the possession of the fabled panacea—the substance that can cure all ills—but that’s impossible…
Beyond Eden
by Catherine Coulter
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 4.5 #ad
A heart-stopping story of romantic suspense from #1 New York Times bestselling author Catherine Coulter.
Lindsay Foxe is a successful model in New York, a woman who hides behind a new name to protect herself from a past of betrayal and treachery and a present that becomes fraught with danger. The product of old San Francisco wealth, the daughter of a man who despises her, her life is forever changed when she is brutally assaulted by her sister’s husband, and then rejected by her family.
Bride, Bullet, Blizzard
by James Leonard
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Here comes another western adventure of relentless action, obstacles and a touch of western romance
Hudson Noble came West to forget the war. But walking away from the past isn’t as easy as he thinks.
After leaving behind the carnage of the buffalo trade, he stakes a quiet claim in Colorado Territory—it’s his best shot at peace. That peace is short-lived.
Abigail McCall arrives on the last stage before snowfall, a mail-order bride with no groom. Her intended dropped dead before she ever stepped off the coach. With no family, no prospects, and winter closing in, she accepts Hudson’s offer: room and board in exchange for honest work on his homestead. Neither of them expects more.
Guardian: An Angel Story
by Dennis Higgins
Kindle $1.99 Rating: 5.0 #ad
Robby’s guardian angel, Charmeine was born in Heaven just prior to her charge. His special Angel of Harmony came to the earthly plane to watch over him all the days of his centenarian life—and beyond. From childhood through the Great Depression and as a soldier during World War II, to his life as a St. Louis police officer, Charmeine was by his side. She guided him against a temptress demon and was with him through two remarkable women during his long life.
True Hospitality
by Jamie Cooperstein
Kindle $0.99 Rating: 4.8 #ad
“Everything points back to the uniformed girl at the podium in the lobby of the Rittenhouse.”
At twenty-two Jamie Cooperstein dreamed of becoming a successful sports journalist. She never expected that putting on a concierge uniform and stepping into the lobby of the Five Diamond-rated Rittenhouse Hotel would lead to anything more than a paycheck.
Written with wit and humor, True Hospitality is a story of finding an unexpected calling behind the concierge desk. Through personal anecdotes of outlandish guest requests, lavish weddings and parties, celebrity stays, and smoke-filled lobbies, Cooperstein takes an honest look at the true meaning of hospitality and how it came to define her.